Day and Night World Map

The map below shows the current position of the Sun and the Moon. It shows which parts of the Earth are in daylight and which are in night.

See where the moon is over the horizon

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 17:32:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.
• Different shades of darkness are used to indicate night; these shades are in order from lightest to darkest:
  • Civil Twilight (lightest shade)
  • Nautical Twilight
  • Astronomical Twilight
  • Night, no twilight (darkest)
• Latitude circles
  • NPC – Northern Polar Circle, or Arctic Circle, is at latitude 66°34' N. At locations north of the Arctic Circle, the Sun is visible all day and night during a period before and after the June solstice.
  • NT – Northern Tropic, or Tropic of Cancer, is at latitude 23°26' N and is the northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead (this occurs during June solstice, around June 21).
  • ST – Southern Tropic, or Tropic of Capricorn, is at latitude 23°26' S and is the southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead (this occurs during December solstice, around December 21).
  • SPC – Southern Polar Circle, or Antarctic Circle, is at latitude 66°34' S. South of this latitude, the Sun is visible all day and night during summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Map is generated based on images from NASA

Position of the Sun

On Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 17:32:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 07'	South
Longitude:	85° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.78 meters/second, 1547.2 km/hour, 961.4 miles/hour or 835.4 knots.The table below shows the Sun position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 59.7"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 45.1"	961.08 mi	west	0° 00' 21.0"	0.40 mi	south	961.06 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 59.0"	6.39 mi	east	0° 08' 12.3"	9.41 mi	south	11.37 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 17:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 07'	North
Longitude:	18° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.22 meters/second, 1620.8 km/hour, 1007.1 miles/hour or 875.2 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 34.7"	16.78 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.79 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 47.9"	1007.09 mi	west	0° 11' 21.0"	13.00 mi	north	1007.08 mi
24 hours	10° 05' 43.3"	697.33 mi	east	4° 26' 06.8"	304.78 mi	north	759.05 mi

Locations with the Sun near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with Sun near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Lima	Sat 12:32 PM	1454 km	903 miles	785 nm	NE
Santiago *	Sat 2:32 PM	1947 km	1210 miles	1051 nm	SE
La Paz	Sat 1:32 PM	1960 km	1218 miles	1058 nm	ENE
Sucre	Sat 1:32 PM	2170 km	1348 miles	1172 nm	E
Guayaquil	Sat 12:32 PM	2294 km	1425 miles	1238 nm	NNE
Galapagos Islands	Sat 11:32 AM	2383 km	1480 miles	1286 nm	N
Córdoba	Sat 2:32 PM	2383 km	1480 miles	1286 nm	ESE
Easter Island *	Sat 12:32 PM	2438 km	1515 miles	1317 nm	WSW
Quito	Sat 12:32 PM	2548 km	1584 miles	1376 nm	NNE
Asuncion *	Sat 2:32 PM	2892 km	1797 miles	1561 nm	ESE